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Old 02-27-2012, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by billethkid View Post
I would guess the mobility 'factor' of individuals has changed substantially from 20-30 years ago. We seem to have to jump in the car and go some where for almost everything/anything these days. Hence even with the inflation calculated in, the percent of expendable income spent on gasoline is probably much higher than back then/when.

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Very astute but you neglected to include a factor for the increased fuel efficiency of today's Hybrid vehicles which would no doubt influence your highly technical calculations and conclusions.